I did it in Pagestream simply by setting each column width and spacing, but as far I know It is not possible in Scribus.
Scribus seems to be very limited or complex in many simple aspects.
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1. Columns of unequal widths? (John Jason Jordan)
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:23:13 -0700
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Scribus 1.5.3 on Xubuntu 16.04, from AppImage.
I created a text frame with two columns, and I am sitting here stumped.
How can I make the left column narrower than the right column? I can
do it in LO Writer, but not in Scribus?
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 21:24:08 -0400
Subject: Re: [scribus] Columns of unequal widths?
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Post by John Jason JordanScribus 1.5.3 on Xubuntu 16.04, from AppImage.
I created a text frame with two columns, and I am sitting here stumped.
How can I make the left column narrower than the right column? I can
do it in LO Writer, but not in Scribus?
As far as I know, it's not possible. What you can do is to make two text
frames and link them. To make it somewhat easier, make the left one
first, then using Item > Duplicate/Transform > Multiple Duplicate, set
it for 2 columns, one row, and set the horizontal gap as desired, click
Ok, then widen the one on the right as desired.
It's also worth knowing that, if your columns will fill to the margins,
you can start by selecting to create a text frame, then hold down Shift
and click inside the margins. A frame will be created to fill to the
margins. Reduce the width of that for your left frame, then proceed with
the multiple duplicate as above.
If you'll have multiple pages like this, just make copies of the page
and link afterward.
Greg
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